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LGBT Hate Group Uses Manchin And Sinema to Raise Money AGAINST The Senate Filibuster Battle and The Equality Act

LGBT Hate Group Uses Manchin And Sinema to Raise Money AGAINST The Senate Filibuster Battle and The Equality Act

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 Via email blast from the notorious anti-LGBT hate group leader Brian Brown:

Last week I reported that President Joe Biden had privately committed to Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that he favored blowing up the Senate filibuster rule that has blocked much of his agenda from advancing – including the disastrous Equality Act.

Further, he told them he would make calls to “centrist” Democrat Senators to push to break the filibuster. Now yesterday, Sen. Ted Cruz appeared on Fox News Channel’s Maria Bartiromo’s show to say that the filibuster rule and thus the future of the country came down to two Senators – Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Krysten Sinema of Arizona.

We’ve been able to stop the Equality Act from passing largely because of the Senate filibuster rule and our enormous grassroots mobilization which has delivered over 2 million messages to members of the Senate from Americans opposed to the legislation.

But with so much on the line and our fate resting in the hands of just two Senators, we’ve really got to ramp up our opposition. That’s why we’re asking every NOM supporter for financial help now so that we can increase the level of our opposition campaign, especially in Arizona and West Virginia. Please help us today.

We need to buttress our opposition to the Equality Act with all Senators, but especially so with Krysten Sinema in Arizona and Joe Manchin in West Virginia. Our team is putting in place plans right now to do just that, but we need your help to execute on these plans

Even if you have already contributed to NOM this year, I ask that you act right away to help NOM increase our grassroots efforts to stop the Equality Act from passing. We are in an escalating battle. We need to act now while we can still prevail.

Hey Manchin! Hey Sinema! The extremist right wing is fundraising in support of you. Still think you’re not dancing on GQP puppet strings and the Democratic parties’ grave?

Because we do.

Joe Manchin The Only Dem Congressman NOT Backing The Equality Act Says It Would Overrides “Local Control”

Joe Manchin The Only Dem Congressman NOT Backing The Equality Act Says It Would Override “Local Control”

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Politico reports:

The West Virginia senator, perhaps the most conservative Democrat in Congress, said that he believes the bill should allow more local control after talking to officials in his state. The bill extends federal protections to people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

“I am not convinced that the Equality Act as written provides sufficient guidance to the local officials who will be responsible for implementing it, particularly with respect to students transitioning between genders in public schools.”

The West Virginia Democratic Party was unenthused by Manchin’s remarks. In a statement, the party said “we simply cannot allow West Virginia to deny equality and protections for our LGBT community.”

Manchin in the past voted against the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, and he backed the Defense of Marriage Act. Overall, he’s rated the most conservative Republican Democrat elected to the 116th senate.

And yes Joe, the Equality Act WILL override local laws. Just like the Civil Rights Act told every “local” Mississippi town that anyone can ride anywhere on the bus and local Jim Crow laws were abolished..

*CORRECTION:
There’s is one other House Democrat who doesn’t support The Equality Act and that is Dan Lipinski of Illinois. Lipinski’s former primary challenger, Marie Newman, said. “Once again, he’s bucking the Democratic Party to stand against equality, something he’s done consistently throughout his 14 years in Congress.”